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HOUSE OF COMMONS.. (Continued) 914. s,cond reading of the Chaplains officiating Bill was postponed till Tuesday, the 14th Aplil. G!tttNFFLL gave notice, that he would move, • (11 t e istii of April, for returns of the Issues of '"t - he of Ireland, similar to those made by • the -Kink of England. rrurtoNs. r,,:rd,FOLKESTONt presented a Petition from William Pant llmn-rs, of St. Luke's, Chelsea. complaining, of h•trtl sh.;•ns oppression which he had sustained, in consequence of Hi. I;ovitt been active in petitioning for a Parliamentary 16 fool —Ordered to lie on the table.ti • Petit was presented from the Ship Owners of the pprt of i t i t , praVing to he relieved from the Salt Duties.—Order c,l to lie on the table. • Petition was presented front the Tanners of Nev.bury, praing tfir the repeal of the Leather Dutits.-01dered•to lie • REFORM. fir F. BURDETT presented two peti ions from Wallington in favour of Annnal Parli aments and Universal Sufffage. In presenting tkse peti tions, he contended that it had been proved to de monstration that Annual Parliaments had formed a part of tie old Constitution of England. This was proved by a •law passed the . tiine of Ed ward the Third. He also argued at some length that there was reason to believe the right of Uni vcrsal Suffrage bad been established. The. Petitions were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LYTrt:ETos presented a petition from the Taunts and Curri , .rs of Wolverhampton, praying for a repeal of the leather duties.—Ordered to lie On the fable. POOR LAWS. Mr. STURGPS BovaNE brought up the Report of the Committee on the Poor Laws, which \\*Ns read rend ordered to he printed. The Ilon. Gen.. ticwit' then gave notice, that on Thursday he t, cynic! move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the P.or Laws. STATE PRISONERS. Mr. PROUGHAM presented a Petition from James Boherts, a Weaver, •of Glasgow. The Petitioner stated that he had - been taken .up in February, 1817, when he and others bad met to consider of : T idying for parochial relief to the Sheriff of the y. 'They were searched ; no papers were found about then, of a treasonable nature; they were,- however, all committed to prison. When confi , ernent, he was treated with great . rigotir, and his criends were denied access to hint. His fro•onvite child died, but he was not allowed the s.Hsfaction of following her..to the grave. He liims , dr . Was taken ill. The physician who at tended him stated his lite to be in danger, but his rs remained ittexoraile He was, ulti nrot-de released on giving bail to the amount of 50/. Being completely ruined by the confinement lie had suffered, the petitioner had applied to a Magistrate for relief, but had been very loyally told that he had been a State Prisoner, and was therefole not a proper object, acid so the applica tion.was dismissed. The Petition detailed rations other hardships, and under ail the circumstances of the case, the Petitioner, who strongly asserted his innocence, had thought it right to have re• ccorse to that house for-relief. Mr. FINLAY thought it unnecessary to enter it;ro the details of this Petition, as it came froM the same sort of you ter at several othete .that had latf Iy I),•rn before the Morse. For the tueeting which wti;- mentioned, he knew that- the object of it n not thaq stated in the Petition.- lie was con viori:d that it was impossible the l'etitionev could have experi-.7nced in the prison tre,atment likeihat which he described. From the personal know , le•lge lie had of all the Magistrates, he was pOsi , ' tive the conduct imputed to one of them could iiot he true. Sir F. BURDETT hoped the House wou l d .not 'l3f, satisfied with this sort of contradiction, and. trusied sou;e inquiry would take•place. I\ir.l3aouGnAm contended, that because other Petitions received from persona • who had been confined at Glaagowwere not entitled to credit, it did not follow that this ought to be viewed in . the same li 4 ht, on account of its coining from the same sort of quarter" Mr. FINLAY repeated what he bad before stated as to the meeting at which the Petitioner was arrested, and the character of the Magis trates —The Petition was ordered to he printed. Mr. BRoUGHAM presented a Petition from John Keith, a cotton•spintier of Calton, near Glasgow, complaining of similar hardships while in-confine ment on a charge ot treason.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a third Petition of the'same character from a person of the name of Wm. E Igarth. • Mr. IloswELL rentinded the ,House, that these fetitionera had not been taken up under the So pension of the HabeaS'COrpus Act, andilinse who . had been guilty of the oppression of which they complained would not be screened from punish ment by the Indemnity Act. If, however, the parries were to go into a Court of Law, so tar • front recovering damages, he was sure the very re verse might he expected. - Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was clear from the sptech they had just heard that the Hon. Member - who had last spoken knew no more of some of the provisions of the Bill for which he had voted On the preceding night, than the child unborn. . He had said it only went to indemnify Ministers for • what had been done under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. The Bill; however, covered every-thing thathad.been done froni the 26th Ja sivary, 1817, in order to secure persons ansPected ot treasonable practices. It he (Mr. Boswell) had only.. s votedfor the Bill on the supposition that it was only to indemnity Ministers for 'what had been done under tie Habeas Corpus Suspension Act—if lie wont(' put his vote on the question Wheiher he (Mr. Boswell) was right or not in this view of the 'Bill, he' (Mr. Brougham) was confident he should have the Hon. Gentleman's. vote against the measure. 'Mr. BosELL had 'thought the Petitioner had • hiS remedy "at common law. Knowing the belie firti which ScOtland had derived from the arrests - whiell had taken place there, be. was glad the Bill covered what had been done in that country.-- `l he Petition was ordered to lie on the table. . . PETITION FROM LIVERPOOL. Mr. Bitouun'Am held- in his baud ti Petition, signed by snore of the most respectable Mer chants and Iniothitants of I.iverpool.and its vici nity, against the Indemnity 11. The parties, he stated, hart been revented from calli:,tz a public meeting, and in consequence the l'e!ition had been privately signed. General GAAcuTGNP: said the Petition might 'he very respectably signed, hat the.nitmes were very few, compared t%ith the popnhtion of Liverpool, and he was satisfied the great majority of the people were opposed to these Petitions.' After a few words from Mr. lititcti, the Peti tion was ordered to be rioted. SAIL DUTIES. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that understanding there was no intention to oppose the motion of which he had given notice ilium this sobject, he should merely move for'the appointment of a CoMmittee, for the purpose of c►►nsidering the Silt Duties, and the hest means of providing a remedy for the itiCollyenicilce resulting therefrom. Mr. CuriNVFN congratulated the House and the country uptin the benefits likely to result front the' appfiintment of this Committee. Messrs. EGERTON and DAvENPottr concurred in ae sentiments of the last Speaker, anti express ed their thanks to the Chancellor of the Exclic- Tier for conceding to the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his acquiescence in the motion, while he felt the importance of the laige proportion of revenue. to which the object of that motion referred. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that while it was proposed by this motion to interfere with such an amount of annual revenue as one million and a half, it would he absurd to suppose,. that in the present circumstances of die country especially, such a revenue could be done away without providing some substitute. But those points would be taken into the consideration of the proposed Committee. The Committee was .appointed. The several Petitions presented with regard to the Salt Tax, the'Report of the Committee upon the Salt Do ties in ISOI, and the Papers laid on the Table respectnig the Salt Tax, last Session, were, toge ther with the Report of the Committee of last Session, upon Rock Salt, referred thereto. • • Air: CANIPBP:Lt, moved for leave to bring in a kill to repeal so much of the Election Laws as related to the Land Tax Assessment.—Granted. INDEMNITY BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the Order of the Day tor the sec:odd reading of the Indemnity Bill. Mr. LAMBTON made some objection to proceed ing to this Order of the Day before that for the adjourned debate on the papers relative to the In ciime 'fax, which stood first on the paper. The-SPeAKER said, that as he understood the forms of the House, when an Order of the Day was moved, the Speaker might - take it before any other which stood in the paper, and go on with' the business in any order that might seem conve nient. It be were right in this, of course the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was, at liberty to . proceed with the Order which he moved, After a few words from . Mr. LAMBTON and Lord CASTLERBAQH, across the table; Sir NVILLIANI BURROUGHS said, he wished to submit to the House what appeared to him an un answerable reason why the House ought nut to proceed with the second reading of. the Indemnity ' Bill to-night. On examining the Bill, as printed, it appeared that there were three new heads on which it went to give indemnity, to which the attention of the ft•use bad not hitherto been in any way called—namely, the seizing of persons concerned 'in tumultuous assemblies ; the seizure of arms iii'privatelrouses - ; awl the seizure of private papers.. , -.lt was - certainly' the general rt.otion , thrit.thretibieet of tlie Bill now before the House'svai solely-:o indemnify those persons who had acted under the Suspension Act. Instead of - which it also went to protect all persons who had been engaged in the three acts which he had men tioned. It was therefore highly neces-ary that the House should inquire and have information as to what had been done as, to the seizure of persons at tomultnous Meetings—the seizure of arms and papers ; for with respect to such proceedings,the House was quite in the aril ; and was taken by surprise in .beiog called upon to indemnify those w ho b a il been concerned in them. He had last year moved for a Return of the names of the per- Sons arrested under' the Suspension Act. That 'n o tion was rejected, and yet the Noble-Lord; this Session, almost of his own accord, conceded ail that was wished to he obtained by the motion o f • last year. - But the - Return before the House related only to persOns arrested for treason, SOS picioir of treason, or tre-asouahle practices. No -thing was staled qtr it that related to the seizure of arms or 'papers ; and' as he con ceived it to be absolutely necessary:that the Iloirse Should be in possession of a Return upoo the three heads ivl;ich he had mentioned, it was his intention to move that such should be laid before them. He therefore hoped the second reading would not now be pressed under such circum stances. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that all that fell front the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last might apply very well whet) the clauses of the Bill came to be considered in the Committee, and lie would sub unit whether it would not be better•to bring it for ward then. But really it was no argument against the second readiOg of the Bill. Mr. TIERNEY said, that by what his Hon. Friend had said, it was obviously meant that the Bill should be postponed in whatever stage it might happen to he till the Return which he in tended to move for was pi oduced. Rut the Noble Lord seemed to say, that the question about that iteinrn Might as well be discussed on any other ( lay: . Against this he must positively protest. The Noble Lord, however, seemed so elated with his former suct•ess as to be resolved to go on. 'What was ' now said against proceeding imme diately was this—that as it had been already salt that no man had fit en arrested under the Sospen , iion Act brit upon a charge substauijated.by oa th . it was desirable nbev to know whether the searches which it appeared had been made for arms and papers had taken place in consequence of charges •itpon Oath For his own part he doubte,l the fact. He - believed that the power had been capriciously arid notliciously exercised - It not, let it be strewn upon proper grousth, and then, indeed, there would be something like an argument in favour of the Bill. Sir C. MoNcK said it was no light thing to hive houses searched for arms, and referred to the de- hates ±thich had formerly taken place on this sub ject relative to Ireland. It was every man's duty to have arms in his house for the protection of himself and his family, especially in troublesome times. In fact, every man was supposed to have arms in his house ; and therefore there was no saying what abuses might have been committed tinder the searches for arms which might be very innocently kept in houses tor purposes of defence. Surely the house would pause before it passed this Bill, since it appeared that this Irratsch of the subject had not been taken into consideration by the Committee on whose recommendation this Bill was introduced. If time was not allowed for inquiry on this, it mattered little what the House did with the Bill, whether it was passed' with pre cipitation or not, since it was equally to be passed without any just ground. 'Mr. B. BATHURST maintained that it was ne cessary that the pa otection of the Bill should ex tend as much to Magistrates who had searched houses frir arms and papers, as to those who had arrested • persons for-treasonable practices. The question was, whether tbose,whofelt the danger were not prepared to protect those who had, per haps, in some degree, overstepped the law, in searching for arms and papers. The Order of the Day for the second reading of the Indemnity Bill 14as then read, and the question being put that the Bill be now read a second time, Mr. GIZENVELL said, be could not allow the op. pot trinity to pass of saying a few words in justifi cation of the vote which he felt it his ditty to give in favour of this Bill. His opinion, as to the state of the country last year, was founded on the Report of the Committee, which was sane"- tioned by no less an authority than that o the late Mr. Ponsonhy: Satisfied on that subject he had felt it his duty to vote in .favour of the mea sures adopted last Session for the.preservation of the public safety ; and he now felt it equally his duty to vote in favour of the Bill now before the House. Lord LASCELLES rose merely for the purposed communicating some circumstances to prove that the allegations contained in a petition, presented to the House some days ago, from a person of the name of Richard Lee, who hail been confined in York Castle,'" were totally unfounded. Tie was the more anxious to make these statements to the House, because the character of a very respecta ble person, who filled the office of gaoler to York Castle, was implicated in the story of the petitioner whom he had named. The petitioner stated that lie had, dUring his confinement, been treated with the utmost cruelty, loaded with fetters, placed aniong felons, stinted of food, and that when the unfortunate person of the name of Riley confined along with him, driven to phrenzy by the hard ships to which he was exposed in the prison, had put an end to his existence by cutting his throat, he had been obliged with his own hands to lift and "arry. out the congealetUblood from the floor of the cell. To refute those statements he would read to the House a letter from a most respect able person, (whose name could not 13e heard) and also an affidavit. The letter stated that Lee, in the presence of the writer, had acknowledged with con trition that he had been guilty of the offence for which he had been arrested ; that in consequence of his contrition anti promises of amendment he had been discharged. That after his discharge lie had, in' presence of the Rev: Dawtry, the visiting Magistrate, stated, that he was per fectly satisfied with the treatment be had expe rienced during his confinement. • That instead of being loaded with fetters he had only a single iron on his left code, which was usual in such cases. That during his confinement, in addition to the usual prison allowance of !mead, and sixpence a week, and coals,, he was, by order of Lord Sid mouth, supplied with seven shillings and six pence a-week. That lie bad only 'been confined five days in the same room with a felon. That Riley, who committed suicide, ,was not driven to phrenzy by the hardships which he suffered in jail, but had been deranged, And attempted to commit suicide before his ,confinement in York Castle. The affidavit was made by William Charl ton, and stated that the deponent Was confined, in company with the Petitioner, Lee. for three weeks ,previous to the suicide of Riley. That after Riley had cut his throat, the Petitioner, Lee, asked the Deponent to clean up the blood which was on the floor previous to the Coroner anti Jury viewing the body ; and that in compliance with Lee's request, the Deponent cleaned out the blood with his own hands, without any assistance from the said Richard Lee. The Noble Lord said,.that he only troubled the House with these facts to slim how unfounded the statements in the Peti tion were, and beeatise it. was due to the respect able persons complained against by the Petitio that the House shonlil . know the truth. Sir- F. BURDETT said, that the sort of tes' moray which the. Noble Lord (Lasedles) had brought for Ward was such as the [louse ought not to receive. Nothing was more unsatisfactory than to have letters produced, and read in con tradiction to statements contained in If the facts stated in the Petition were, fit to be objects of debate, a proper inquiry ought to be instituted, that so the truth or falsehood of them might be satisfactorily proved. With respect to• the Bill before the House,. he was surprised to. hear an Hon. Gentleman say he voted in favour of it on the authority of Mr. Ponsonby, when it was well known that Mr. Ponsonhy voted against the suspension of the Habeas Cot Pus. But. indeed some strange things had come out during the de-. bates on this Bill. Amongst . other things it had been said that Mr. Cobbett was the cause of the disturbances last year, which brought on the sus pension of the liberty of the subject. If this were true, it was very strange that with all the boasted talent of the present day the arguments of Cob belt had not been refuted.. Ministers said that those who talked of reform meant revolution. — The truth was, that this was said for the purpose of opposing Parliamentary Reform, and continn ing the corruptions of . this House. It seemed to him almost impossible that the House should pass this 841, but he should - reserve his. arviments,till Noes Alajority - • PROPFAITY TAX. Mr. LANBTON having , moved the Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned. debate on the Papers relative to the Property-Tax, some conver sation ensued between Lord Castlereagh, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and sir. Brougham, as to the wording of the motiou, which .ended ill Mr. Bic/tight:to withdrawing his motion, and'. the fol lowing motion substituted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was agreed to," That .there be laid before the House a statement of the ,measures adopted tor the destruction,qt hooks anti T apers relating to the Property-Tax unch r schedule DP no longer nece , sary for the collection of arrears, or for the hearing of appeals, or otlir proceed.. lugs now pending." Mr. BaouGnam gave notice, that on Tuesday next he.w.ould submit to the House a motion re specting the orders issued to the Collectors of. Taxes, referring .particularly - to the circular trans the Tax-Office, dated the Ist of December last. The 'Bank Tokens Bill was read a third time, and passed. • The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Irish Customs Act.—Report to-morrow.. The Marine Mutiny Bill was,reada third tjuic• and passed. Mr. LoexuAwr obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate.the Election of Coroners for Counties -Adjourned. A dreadful event happened at Priorsfield Cot liery, near Lane End, on the morning of Thus-- day, about six o'clock, occasioned by the•hroakil of the main chain immediately after the wags igl was, drawn off the pit, by which acc-ident tbre 4 men and three boys, all fastened together io chain, were precipitated to the bottom of the P it ? and literally dashed to pieces. be saw in what shape the Bill should come out of the Committee. Sir S. ROMILLY said, that he did not expect that the second reading of this Bill would have been pressed this night. But as it - was now no doubt intended that the Committee upon it should sit 10-morrow, and as he intended to oppose the Speaker leaving the Chair, he should postpoue his observations till then. But he wished to, observe, that several notices stood for to-mor row, which it would be desirable should be post poned if the Indemnity Bill vas to come on. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER S3id, be was by no means _anxious to press his motion re lative to Saving Banks (as was understood) which stood far to-morrow ; he was only anxious that the Bill should .he printed before the holidays. Lord FOLKESTONE .said, he would willingly postpone his motion relative to Gaols, which stood for to-morrow. lie took this opportunity of asking the .Noble. Lord .opposite., . whether he meant to appoint any particular stage of the Bill for discussing the subject of Precedents of In demnity Bills, on which' he hail challenged the Noble Lord to-produce any authority but that of 1801 ?•. - , , Lord. CASTLEREAGH " said, tie would probably take occasion, at some stage of the Bill, to offer to the House his opinion 'upon it, but lie could not name any precise time. His opinion rela tive to the precedents remained unchanged. The House then divided on the question that the Bill be now read a second time— Ayes -65 MEDICINE. WHE CORDIAL BALM of GILEAD' riches the blood without inflaming it ; braces withotft stimulating too violently the nervous system ; frees and elj,,s hurthens the viscera, and other important organs : resol° obstructions and throws oft viscid st r ong h umours ; streugt-11— ° ens the general habit, and rins bock the muscular s,bre' t _, their natural and healthy tone r as it is calculated to proafw in a considerable degree, all or any of these-effects, so it mus t, under certain inodifications and restrictions, be equally a t i ed for the cure of every species of d ec ay . H ence, the Co rt l i Balm of Gilead makes a ;lireet attack upon the many 11 1 '"'",„ hydra, and will be found to apply indirec tl y or collaterally "- almost every other. The priniary object of Dr. Solomon, of Liverpool, the ir; prietor of this Restorative, who here submits his ide as to 1.-I,i Public—ideas dictated and Confirmed by along and Su reess a t t a; practice, is to relieve those persons, who, by an intnrO e ' indulgence of their passions, have ruined their constituti°l7: andbrought on a perfect Tabes Dorsalis, or in their tv ,l Y 4 the consummation of that deplorable malady, ace afer V i i with any of those previous symto ms ' that betray its appf 34 as the rations affections of the nervous system, obstlis s gleets, involuntary e missions, excesses, irregularity,•obstr_r°' tion of certainevacereions, weakneisses, total impoteney. l '"; renneSS, .Sec. But the relief he wishes to aeltnin)ster, is 1, confined to these alone. The valetudinarian by birth. ir e has received from his parents the inheritance of a d is c _ e an d unprolific frame ; the delicate female, whom an intinu;', : 4 and inactive life; together with the imm oderate use of „„ f and other weak and watery a liments ,has, without any.fata've hers, brought ott all the calamitous symptoms of as onsuOl o , tive habit, and are, without timely assistance, sinking .au untimely grave To • such as these, the 'CoI-dial-Dal: of Gilead will afford the most permanent relief, and restof t ; (tinder divine inane -nee) to the enjoyment of all the condo' of life.--A saving of One Bottle in Four. - 0., Sold by Bacon and Co, 150, Oxford street ;, Holborn ; Leigh 18, Strand ; and Mr , Goatley , 133, 'ruct ries. Sold also 'by every reputable Vender all M a e t r• T owns throughout the Kingdom , and a ll other Medicine ` hj dens, price ts. each, or four in o ne Family Bottle for 53!:,le which one 1 Is. Bottle is saved, with the words " Sarni. .'"1.0 .mom, Liverpool," engraved on thestamp, to imitate wb ic felony. * 4 * Patients corresponding with Dr. Solomon w ill Pl e s. to observe, that thecomplirriNit of One Pound is expecteos dressed, " Money Letter. Dr. Solomon, Gilead-Ho wie,' Liverpool. Paid double postage." _ - ---. • BIRTH. • La d / On Sunday last, atilis house in Tavistock-squareo thg of J. V. I.uchlort, F.,q. of a daugliter. .-------"--' • -• • MARRIED.._ fie lder This mornittg, by licence, at Saint Martin's-in-the-.,, 004 Mr. JonMturts, Jun. of the Strand, to ANN IE, daughter of Mr. FRAN-CIS'PLACE, of Charing-cross. • ~n d o, Yesterday, at St. Georges, Bloomsbury, William S5l lO - ifs , Esq. to Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter of the late • cartaret, and niece to Sir John Silvcster, Bart. .• . . DIED. io 0- 4 ' i i; On the 7th instant, at the house of M r. William Ec,s 0,, W e ymoutli-street,Portland-place, Mrs. Margar e t Quarloit'li On the 2d inst. Martha, the wife of Mr. Jauie 4 Wynyatt-st met, Northampton-square. r W' on Monday last., Mary Ann, the youngest daughter ° er a ge , George Maltby, of Nelson-square, in the 20th year:111 . . 0 .4 ____-,e LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of No ! 9 ' ' Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published s SCRIPPS, of No. , South Molton - street , at .l Office, No. Ile, Strand ; where Advertisements, - Letters,-&c. (pwit-paid) - must be addressed.